<p>Well, my NC NMSF kid (who has already been admitted to several NC schools) is leaning heavily toward attending Bama.</p>
<p>I think it’s untrue that all employers will see on your resume is “State U” (with the implication that there’s something wrong with that). You write your resume, not your prospective bosses, and you simply put down: “The Honors College, The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa.” IOW, you sell yourself. That’s the Art of the Resume. Best foot forward; never lie but always gild the lily, as long as you do so honestly and accurately!</p>
<p>Both DH and I did graduate work at Harvard (DH got his PhD at GSAS, which technically makes DS a primary legacy), yet our kids are not going that route for undergraduate. It’s simply not worth it, financially. There is NOTHING wrong with a strong honors college at a good state university – and, in many places, that actually cuts more ice with employers than an Ivy or top-LAC degree.</p>
<p>As someone pointed out in another thread, not all prospective employers are Wall Street investment bankers. In fact, the vast majoriy of prospective employers are neither on Wall Street nor in investment banking. 
In Alabama, many jobs go to to people with UA degrees – just as, here in NC, jobs are as likely to go to Chapel Hill or Appalachian grads as to OOS grads, no matter how prestigious the latter’s alma maters may be.</p>